Harness-fastening.



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L C MEYER HARNESS FASTENING.

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LOUIS C. MEYER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

HARNESS-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,316, dated January16, 1900. Application filed April 28, 1899. Serial No. 714,899. (Nomodel.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS C. MEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Fastenings, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to harness-fastenings, and has for its object toprovide a simple,

to. cheap, easily made and operated, but durable tion, ring partly insection.

and secure fastening for hitching-straps and the like. This object Iaccomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter more particularlydescribed in detail, and particularly pointed out in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which likereference letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my inven- Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofsame. Fig. 3 is an inside view of clasp. Fig. 4 is an inside view ofhook, strap broken away. Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig. 3.

My invention consists of the sister hooks A, one of which is bowedsufficiently away from the other toward the shank to admit the ring B,lying in the plane of the hooks A, to move freely between that part ofthe hooks A, and has its shank O flat and wedge-shaped, the broadestpart toward the hook A. The strap D is secured to the shank O by rivetsd or otherwise. The shank E of the other hook A forms a clasp ofsuitable shape and size to cover the front and sides of the strap D andedges of the shank O and extends a little around onto the face of theshank 0, permitting the strap D and the shank O to be drawn into suchclasp until the top of the clasp abuts 0 against the shoulders at of thehook A. Each part of the hooks A has a shoulder a on the outside of thehooked portion, which shoulders a form a rectangular notch when theparts of said hooks A are in place.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The clasp is slipped downonto the strap D sufficiently to admit the passage of the ring B betweenthe hooks A and the strap D and then drawn through the clasp until thehooks A are in place. As long as there is any strain on the strap-D thehooks A will retain the ring B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A harness-fastening consisting of sister hooks, the shank of onebeing a flat Wedge adapted to receive the strap and the shank of theother being a clasp adapted to receive and retain said strap and wedge-shaped shank, substantially as shown and described.

2. A harness-fastening consisting of sister hooks, the shank of one fiatand wedge-shaped, widest nearest the hook, adapted to receive the strap,and the shank of the other being a clasp adapted to receive and retainsaid strap and wedge-shaped shank, substantially as shown and described.

3. A harness-fastening consisting of sister hooks, one bowed away fromthe other toward the shank and having its shank wedge-shaped and adaptedto receive the strap and the shank of the other being a clasp adapted toreceive and retain said strap and wedgeshaped shank, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS O. MEYER.

-Witnesses:

A. G. MUNDT, HENRY S. SOP.

